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12 Ways to Instill Self-Worth in Your Teen
Written by Candy Arrington
Whether we realize it or not, we have a huge impact on our teen's sense of self-worth. In fact, parents with poor self-esteem usually translate their insecurities to their children, while parents with strong self-esteem usually raise children who view themselves positively. That means you need to be your teen's greatest champion. Here are 12 ways to cheer him on.
1. Encourage proper identity. Teens experience pressure to succeed at an early age. As a result, they can grow discouraged or feel like they can't measure up to our hopes or their own goals. Encourage your teen to base her self-worth on who she is in Christ, not what she does. Let her relationship with Christ be her chief identifier.
2. Listen. As parents, we often talk "at" our teens rather than taking the time to listen to them. Cultivate the art of listening. Avoid formulating a mental comeback while your teen is speaking, but really listen to discern fears and emotions behind his words. Let your teen know you are available any time she wants to talk.
3. Validate feelings and opinions. It's really hard to live in a house where opinions aren't valued and where you're not allowed to express emotion. Consider having family forums – times of discussion that involve all family members. Let each family member have a voice. 4. Console and comfort. Your teen may be having some emotional battles at school or in relationships. Each teen faces these challenges differently. Remember that what seems insignificant to you could be a crisis to her. 5. Notice strengths and downplay weaknesses. It's easy to view life critically, constantly pointing out the negatives and rarely recognizing the good. Not only does this undermine self-worth, but it also models a critical spirit they are likely to adopt as adults. Instead, compliment the things he is going right. 6. Bless with touch. As children grow, we tend to stop touching them. This creates distance, and they wonder if they still matter. Just because your teen is older doesn't mean she no longer needs your touch. 7. Pray aloud. Nothing makes a teen feel more special than hearing his parents pray for him. Avoid using prayers to address problems in a round-about way. Let your prayers be affirming and filled with blessings and gratitude for your teen. 8. Discover spiritual gifts. Helping your teen discover her spiritual gifts is a great way to boost her self-esteem. Your church may even provide an assessment of spiritual strengths. 9. Cultivate a sense of heritage. Feeling a connection to "roots" (both genetically and spiritually) helps teens develop a sense of identity and enhances self-worth. Share strengths, weaknesses, and spiritual stories from your family in an effort to teach and train your teen. 10. Provide decision-making opportunities. Teens learn by making decisions and experiencing consequences. Providing your teen with decision-making opportunities sends the message that you trust him. After all, it's better to let him test his decision-making skills at home than later at college. 11. Don't harp on body image. The world sends the message that unless you are one of the "beautiful people" you are no one. Help your teen build a sense of self-worth from something other than what her body looks like. Model healthy eating and exercise habits, but resist the urge to criticize your own body or your teen's. 12. Say "I love you" often and mean it. Let every greeting and every parting include an "I love you," even when you are angry with your teen. Regardless of the circumstances, these teens are a precious heritage and a gift from God.
Try Some of These Words of Affirmation with Your Teen
· "I appreciate you because…"
· "I was pleased to see you…"
· "I want to thank you for…"
· "You blessed me when…"
Your verbal praise will raise your teen's sense of self-worth.

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- PAF 9199: Special Topics: Who Makes Policy? with Professor Carla Robbins (3 credits).
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The Xbox version includes all 17 Sega Genesis and Game Gear games in the previously announced PlayStation 2 version, and it will also contain art and comics in the game's "Sonic Museum." The full list of Sonic games includes:
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KDE Default DeskTop for openSUSE
The openSUSE community has had its request granted. Version 11.2 of the Linux distribution will come with KDE as default desktop.
The alternative Gnome, will remain an equal option, with no loss in quality, says Michael Loeffler in his announcement on the project's mailing list. The KDE default setting refers to the radio button, where Gnome will continue to be available. Until now, there was no preset desktop, and Gnome was top of the select list.
The official request for the return of KDE as default desktop came from newly elected board member Frank Karlitscheck. As we reported, a recent survey pronounced KDE the desktop of choice for two thirds of openSUSE users. Gnome appeared to be prioritized after Novell's takeover of SUSE.
Board Clarification
Just to be clear, Frank is recently elected to the KDE e.V. Board, not the openSUSE Community Board. Our elections for openSUSE board members will not commence until October.
Bryen Yunashko
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Intel Unveils Compute Stick
Four-inch-long computer on a stick lets you boot a full Linux system from any HDMI display device.
Obama Proposes Personal Data Notification Law
New statute would require companies to report break-ins to consumers.
TGXf Project Warns of File Transfer through Screen Pixels
Weird data transfer technique avoids all standard security measures.
Industry Giants Announce a Fix for the Password Mess
FIDO alliance declares the beginning of the end for old-style login authentication.
Poll: Vote for the Best Open Source Software for Photographers
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Debian Gets Forked
Legendary Uber-distro splits over the systemd controversy.
Linux Mint Project Releases Mint 17.1
New LTS version offers many refinements for the Cinnamon and Mate desktops and significant improvement under the hood.
CeBIT Open Source Forum Call for Papers
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Another lovely album with this lovely film. Do you home develop it?
@alex34 yes I do! the moment when you draw the film still wet from the last washing, trying to mentally convert the negative in positive, is for me as pleasing as taking the pictures! Thank you for visiting!
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I went to the dealer over the weekend. Looked in the back lot at teh new ones and was a little shocked. Every access cab and even the standard cab 4x4 SR5 were all priced the same on the stickers. Wasn't a single one there under 29k. Double cabs were 31k.
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TR for our Dec 2010 DLR Visit Dec 7-14, 2010 This will be our 3rd family visit to the DLR (my husband and I have both been to DL when we were young). Our previous visits were in Sept so this will be our first Disney Holiday-time visit. Plans are still being made, but here is what I have planned so far... We will fly Alaska Air from SEA into SNA and then rent a car (priceline hopefully). We will be staying at the Residence Inn Anaheim Resort Area in Garden Grove for our whole trip. We have a really great rate for a kid's suite with bunk beds which my girls will love! I am hoping that since it will be "off-season" and this hotel is only 1/2 on an ART route; hopefully ART will work for us. We have driven previously but I wanted to avoid that this time. I would love to stay in walking distance but I can't get myself to pay the same or more for a less nice hotel with little or no free breakfast and also no kitchen. One of the big ways we keep out trip costs down is by eating a big (& free) breakfast at the hotel and then packing sandwiches & snacks into the parks. This could possibly change if Disney comes out with a great deal for the DLR hotels during our visit. But since we travel with my mom a suite is much valued and appreciated by all involved. This will be my first PTR and TR so I hope I can do a good job and bring fun & enjoyment to all! Me and my 2 princesses: ------- My husband and my mom with our 2 princesses: ---------- Our preliminary itinerary: Tues Dec 7: arrive in SNA, rent car, check into RI GG, enjoy the free reception meal and a glass of wine. Wed Dec 8: DCA day - my oldest daughter is finally tall enough for CS and literally cried in 2008 (she was 4.5) when we told her she couldn't ride it. Her favorite ride that year was Space Mountain. She is our roller coaster enthusiast. However, she doesn't like ToT (she tried it in 08 & 09) and now my youngest (just turned 4) is convinced she is going to give ToT a try. Crazy girls! This will also be our WOC night and I have preordered the picnics meals. I am hoping for a blue FP and bridge viewing. Thurs Dec 9: MM & DL day, 11:10 & 11:20 Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique appointments. We will probably try to catch the parade and/or the fireworks on this day. Fri Dec 10: Knotts Sat Dec 11: DL and/or DCA; 830 pm reservations at Rainforest Cafe Sun Dec 12: DL and F! Mon Dec 13: our last day so we might park hop to finish out with our favorites! Tues Dec 14: 6 pm flight home, we might head to a local beach just to see it and walk on it -- too cold to swim. (any advice on a good beach to drive to from DLR with our flight leaving out of SNA)??
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A son came to his mother's rescue when a burglar broke into their home and attacked her.
Police in Winter Haven said 35-year-old Tobarus Johnson broke into the home on Pope Avenue on Tuesday.
Johnson allegedly attacked the Polk County woman inside her bedroom, hitting and kicking her, police said.
The woman's adult son heard what was going on, burst into the room and stabbed Johnson with a knife.
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Knowing and practicing good finger techniques when fingering a girl is important to her sexual pleasure. There is no one set way to practice fingering a girl, but there are certain tips and general rules of thumb that should be kept in mind. Good techniques are all about patience, gentleness, and a willingness to please one's partner.
First of all, one should be sure to be gentle. Many times, when men practice women fingerings, they jab and poke at the vagina in a way that is definitely not sexy! Rather than bringing the woman pleasure, it often brings her a great deal of pain, squirming, and general discomfort. Men, then, should practice gentleness. Rubbing the vagina and clitoris first is a great start, and then one can slowly ease into his finger techniques. Of course, one should not insert any fingers into the vagina unless the girl is comfortable witht his and unless her vagina is wet or well lubricated. Inserting fingers into a dry vagina will not prove comfortable and will not feel good to the girl.
Many men and women enjoy the feelings of girl ass fingering and find this pleasurable. With girl ass fingering, however, it is important to ask the girl if she is comfortable with this beforehand. Surprising her with a finger in her rectum is not a good idea. Some girls and women are completely against any type of anal sex or play, so it is important to know where one's lover stands on these matters. One should not try to force or coerce his partner into doing anything she is uncomfortable with. If a girl or woman is not interested in a particular sexual act, there are a lot more that one can try out, so there is no need to badger her into trying something. This will make her distrustful of her partner and will not lead to pleasurable sex or foreplay.
Good girl fingering techniques should involve a lot of rubbing and plenty of clitoral stimulation. One should not be afraid to ask his partner what she enjoys sexually and how and where she likes to be rubbed. It is also a good idea never to penetrate one's vagina without being sure that one's partner is comfortable with this. If she is, one should start with just one finger when practicing girl fingering techniques Depending upon a girl's comfort level and her tightness, one can insert another or even more fingers. The amount of fingers, if any, that a woman is comfortable with will vary from woman to woman.
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i don't own one but if i had the 2700 bucks to buy one the scar would be my choice over the acr
I have a SCAR I'm doing a transfer on later in the week. After I'm done drooling over it, I'll let you know about it
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Did you get the scar H or L? The only thing that I Ike about the ACr is the caliber change option. You can't do that with the SCaR right?
Don't know it's not mine, a client purchased one and is having it shipped to me so I can do the transfer I only get an email saying that it's a SCAR and it's coming, but I think there are some SCAR caliber conversion kits.
I think that the SCAR has this also... but for $2700 you can buy an AR15 with several different caliber uppers, it's not like you're going to be carrying multiple barrels around and I would imagine that with each caliber change it would have to be re-zeroed... POI isn't always the same.
Alright thank you. let me know how the transfer goes!
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Hi, We bought the Asko 7305 dryer & 20605 washer in the Fall of 1998. With the exception of replacing the washer's main control board about 2004 they have been excellent with no service calls, clothes are cleaned & stains removed, etc.
But, last week the 7305 dryer quit: worked fine one load, next load no power to the control panel. So, we decided to ignore it for a while until $$ are a little more available and started hanging clothes to dry. An, now yesterday the 20605 washer got an F6 code and quit. The F6 code Motor fault states to check wiring to motor or replace motor if necessary. Great, especially with $$ still not available. So, I unstacked the dryer and pulled the top cover off and viola! A burned wire to the washer electrical outlet and the 2 fuseholders are starting to melt. So, the dryer needs 2 fuseholders & fuses, plus the wire replaced and the dryer "should" work again, as "should" the washer. "Should" is the opportune word. What are your thoughts? Go for the repair of the dryer and hope the washer did not break also? I have found on the Internet there is a Asko fuse bypass procedure authorized by Asko but that must be a service call job as I cannot find the procedure anywhere. Repair the washer also if it did break? We have an excellent repair company here that is an authorized Asko repair company. The dryer also has a bearing issue, I suspect, as it has squealed loud off & on for many months now so I would have the repair company also check that out. What other washers & dryers would we consider? We built our laundry room around the Asko so we only have 24" of room, unless we decide to completely move the laundry to another room, which we do have the option to do easily. And, we would also prefer to go with a gas dryer if we need to buy again but we have lived with the electric and can continue to do so. The other room can have the washer & dryer stacked or side by side as we have 67" of room. We have loved the f/l (front loader) Asko. There are only 3 of us in the house. This is our 1st post and this appears to be a good site. Thanks. |
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- Posted by jdenyer232 (My Page) on Tue, Nov 13, 12 at 7:51
If you are happy with them, then I would get them fixed. The problems you describe are gonna be less $$$ to fix than to replace the machines. If you are handy at all you can fix the washer, there should be a tech sheet attached inside the cabinet somewhere that will tell you how to test the electrical components like the motor etc. The dryer may be a little different, if asko truly has a fuse bypass fix then I would let a service person deal with that one, dryers have a lot of current going thru them and I would want to make sure the dryer has adequate protection against high current shorts. A shorted element can cause blown fuses and melted wiring so be sure to check the element with a multimeter for shorts to ground. Line fuse and holder are $57. Repair clinic has all the parts you need for these machines, motor is about $200, ouch. Looks to be a brushed motor though, maybe the brushes are worn out, at that age I could see that as a possibility. Just looked and the brushes are $55 each and you would need 2 of them. So even if you spend $300-$400 in repairs it is still gonna be a lot less than a new washer and dryer, and the important part is you like how they clean. Hope this helps. |
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Islamic State documents takeover of Syrian airbase
The Islamic State released photographs that document its recent takeover of the Syrian Air Force's base in Tabqa in Raqqah province.
The photographs, which were published yesterday on the Internet, show the aftermath of the Islamic State's latest conquest against the Syrian military. Islamic State fighters overran the Tabqa airbase last weekend. [See LWJ report, Islamic State fighters assault last Syrian stronghold in Raqqah.]
Tabqa was the last bastion for Syrian military forces in Raqqah province, which is now fully under the control of the Islamic State.
The photographs from Tabqa show what appear to be the bodies of dozens of Syrian soldiers who were killed during the fighting. The Islamic State also provides images of several Syrian soldiers, including at least one pilot, who were captured during the assault.
One photograph shows seven captured soldiers kneeling on the ground as Islamic State fighters shoot them from behind. The Islamic State has previously released similar photographs of Iraqi soldiers who were executed by the jihadist group.
Additionally, the Islamic State published photographs of various weapons systems and munitions that were captured or destroyed during the takeover of the airbase. At least three MiG fighters, as well as anti-aircraft missiles and other weapons systems, tanks, and anti-aircraft guns, were seized or destroyed by the Islamic State.
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Posted by James at August 27, 2014 1:48 PM ET:
Oh, this is so convenient for you, Mr. Assad.
Now, your problem has become our problem.
Posted by Alex at August 27, 2014 2:22 PM ET:
Those MiGs look like they were past their prime long ago.
Posted by Kent Gatewood at August 27, 2014 7:43 PM ET:
Why do people keep surrendering?
Posted by Tom at August 27, 2014 8:32 PM ET:
Looks like three MiG, not 2 in the fifth picture as the fourth has blast doors open while the fifth has no blast doors.
Posted by Evan at August 28, 2014 4:28 AM ET:
IS should enjoy these "victories," whilst they still last...
IF, that's what you want to call capturing a bunch of poorly trained and equipped SA militia, a couple of crusty OLD MiGs with bird crap all over them, missiles that look like they've been collecting dust for 40 years, and a bunch of EMPTY ammo boxes.....
I just read a report on LWJ, that says that the US spec ops community, is giving some props to IS. Says that they're pretty slick, that they do things like fly drones over targets to gain aerial intelligence on them....
IF, that's what you want to call a toy remote control helicopter with a video camera duct taped to it....preeeety slick...
More PROPAGANDA from IS...
Also, are the blatant acts of brutality and barbarism that you "people," carry out, meant to scare people? Or galvanize them?
Are we not supposed to fight you now? Should we stop?
NO, we will not stop.
The greatest, most skilled, professional, best equipped, best trained, most disciplined, BAD ASS fighting force the world has ever known is coming for you....
We are pining for you, aching for the chance to fight you head on...
To show the world what you really are...
Posted by J Flood at August 28, 2014 10:05 AM ET:
Why are there reports of soldiers continuing to surrender? Surely they have heard what happens when you surrender to IS? Is death by execution preferable to going down fighting?
Posted by Tom at August 28, 2014 11:16 AM ET:
The US Military can't defeat the leg mobile Taliban who they outnumber, outgun, and outspend and in their recent offensives the Taliban has retaken large swathes of Afghanistan.
In Iraq the IS retook Tel Keppe from the Peshmerga and Youtube is replete with videos of Peshmerga/PKK/YPG fighters being taken prisoner by IS Fighters in the past week though many are being removed by Youtube as fast as they are spotted.
It took two years and tens of thousands of US Troops with heavy air support to throw IS predecessor organization into the Iraqi Desert when they were just poor line infantry. Now they are no longer line infantry but a motorized force of light infantry who are prosecuting multiple fronts successfully despite everyone being against them.
Posted by Mike E at August 28, 2014 12:30 PM ET:
Massive airstrikes and lots of boots on the ground are needed. That's not likely in the era of "smart power" so look forward to ISIS being around for a long time.
Posted by ZUDO at August 28, 2014 2:14 PM ET:
It is baffling why people surrender to IS. I believe that they lie to them and promise mercy. The desperate individuals often see hope in this. They are often betrayed. See the testimony of this Yazidi man on BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-28900054. I hope people see they have no interest in mercy and as easy as it is to say from the comfort of my armchair fighting to the second last bullet seems the preferred option with these thugs.
Posted by Andreas at August 28, 2014 5:04 PM ET:
Tom, i disagree with you because in the former irak war, these as you call them "line infantry" hides between civilians and used i would say a classic hit and run tactic.
The same in Afghanistan... AK47 on=terroris AK47 off =farmer
IS now may believe they are strong enough to face the us army on the field and there is no doubt, they are not. These technicals they use are cannon fooder for an appache.
and btw: sorry for my english, i'm from germany. I hope you understand me correct :)
Posted by Never Give Up! at August 28, 2014 8:01 PM ET:
Like I said before, this stuff ain't "paddy cake" over there and we are at war against the barbarians for civilization itself. The Obama Administration and his "can't we all get along" crowd still haven't gotten a clue.
I'm no Asad fan but I find these mass executions in Iraq and Syria more disturbing than Mr Foley's beheading. Really Barry? You look weak and bewildered like Bill did in Rawanda. You can't find the will to send in ENOUGH SOF, JTACs, snake eaters along with ENOUGH airpower to help the Kurds, Iraq Gov or anybody? Even MSNBC's Rachel Maddow is looking at you funny?
Close your eyes folks as the clock winds backwards to the 8th century AD (ACE for you PCers) where beheadings, torture and genocide were common. Maybe we, the western world, will wake up and smell the coffee.
I feel sorry for these men guy and their families. However, I would expect more beheadings and executions in the future.
Again as stated before, If they're going to kill you, they're going to kill you. Never allow your captors the propaganda value of you grovelling in the dirt. Those men surrendered to the barbians and paid the ultimate price. Maybe they didn't get the word from Iraq but everybody else has. Maybe Barry will too.
Never give up, never surrender!
Posted by Evan at August 28, 2014 9:59 PM ET:
Can't defeat? What war are you watching? The operative word in that sentence being watching. What experience exactly, do you have fighting the Talibs? Or are you just expressing your opinion based on the "news" that you read?
I've actually fought the Taliban, and the Haqqanis, and AQ, and every other jihadi group operating in eastern af/pak.
And they aren't just some poor line infantry either , in fact they aren't infantry at all, mobile or otherwise.
The problem is attitudes like yours, you think you've got it all figured, along with the rest of the 99 percent who don't care enough to actually DO something about it, and instead are content to comment on things that they do not understand and malign the men and women that protect them.
Let me relate to you an example, when I was fighting in Afghanistan, in the summer of 2005, I was involved in several large scale, at the time the biggest since Anaconda, combat operations to root out and destroy Ahmad Shah, who was a Taliban commander from Pesh, and his forces.
In subsequent battles fought , in ops like red wings 2, whalers and others, we killed about 200 of them, to 5 of us.
200 to 5. That's not defeat? Ahmad Shah escaped to Pakistan, but was humiliated, and never returned to Afganistan to fight again. That's not defeat?
The US military doesn't do anything BUT defeat these vermin.
It's the politicians that don't have the spine to fight that have cost us so much and made my brothers' sacrifices in vain.
It's the people who hate our country and hate our military, but yet live in our country and enjoy our freedoms and enjoy the protection of that same military that has cost us so much.
It's the people who ask, "we're still fighting over there?" That could not care less, that have cost us so much.
It's the attitudes that the war is far away and doesn't mean anything that has cost us so much.
Now. I don't know you personally, maybe you served, maybe you didn't, it doesn't matter. Before you get on here and say those things, step back, look around....
Are you living in peace and comfort? Yes?
Do you have food to eat? A bed to sleep in? Gas for your car?a job? A family?
You have ALL of those things exactly because of the US military, men and women who have paid in blood so you can live free.
Is that not defeating our enemies as well?
Posted by Mike at August 29, 2014 7:21 AM ET:
No worries Obama is all over this with his recent 'we dont have a strategy' comment -- or maybe ISIS is his strategy?
Posted by Manus at August 29, 2014 10:26 AM ET:
The fact that these Syrians surrendered, knowing the consequences, plus the impotence exhibited by Assad's military in allowing this narrative to occur, indicates to me that Syria is doomed to a slow death by IS.
By the way, where is that Russian military support of Syria? Too busy in Ukraine, I suppose....
Posted by J M at August 29, 2014 10:14 PM ET:
"US Military can't defeat the Taliban?"
Absolutely ludicrous. The reality is the US Military can defeat nearly any adversary it is called to face with relative ease. They are prevented from doing so by US public opinion, and to a lesser extent, world public opinion, and by politicians and a ruling class that twists and turns in the slightest breeze, and can't see past the next election.
Posted by Tom at August 30, 2014 10:22 AM ET:
First off, the politicians bent over backwards for you guys. You can't blame them for your failure to win the war.
Two, your service does not give you a pass to praise, such a concept is a spit in the face of Civilian Control of the Military and dangerous to Democratic Government the symptoms of which are being shown in Ferguson.
Three, civilians are caught up in war and make the majority of causalities in war, so to claim you risk your life in combat is an empty phrase and a slap in the face to civilians.
Four: You lost the war to the Taliban plain and simple, at the end of the day, the Taliban comes back and renders your tactical victories strategically irrelevant. Its not enough to beat an army tactically, you have to have a strategy to ensure tactical victories mean something.
The US Military lacks a strategy and has forgotten what it means.
The Taliban have a strategy that combines political, military, and economic plans together to achieve its goals and are willing to fight forever to achieve them which they are doing now.
Saying they hide amongst civilians is no argument to excuse your failures to win and is a cop out to excuse excesses against civilians. Especially when you yourself place military forces in civilian areas that are legitimate targets to attack. So just quit with the hypocritical hiding behind civilians crap.
You lost the war against the Taliban, admit it, learn from it, and do the necessary reforms to avoid repeating it or wind up losing to an even worse enemy.
Posted by blert at August 30, 2014 7:02 PM ET:
Many of such surrenders occur when the individuals wake up in the morning -- to find someone hovering over them.
Beyond that, many military men have absolutely zero small arms training. This is especially true in any 3rd World air force.
Topping off the lack of training, weapons, themselves, are often in short supply: the corrupt commanders often divert them for $$$ or for tribal buddies. So when these fellows run to the ammo locker -- they find that it's empty.
Their uniforms are a wonderment, though. Not exactly desert cammo would you say?
Posted by WitchDoctor at August 30, 2014 7:11 PM ET:
Kill them all before they kill us. It has come to that. We should have never allowed the second Iraq war.
Was not necessary and look at the results now. Saddam kept a lid on those people.
We went into Iraq so Dick Cheney and crew could destabilize the middle east and get rich off of oil options and futures. This whole thing rests on his barely beating heart.
Now we have ISIS or whatever they want to be called and they are willing to die for their cause. I am ready to help and just re-upped for another four years. Al-Baghdadi we will have your head on a platter.
Posted by Ram at September 1, 2014 6:52 AM ET:
Agree with Tom on this one.
Evan, individual tactical successes in war mean nothing unless you can wipe the enemy out or force them into complete surrender. If they are repeatedly able to regroup and fight, its not a war you have won.
Fact of the matter is, US military is designed to fight a war against 'conventional' enemy. Not really to fight an insurgency that uses guerilla tactics, and is least bothered about the loss of one or ten or hundred or even thousand of their brothers.
Your hated politicians gave you practically a full decade in Afghanistan - but you could not bring them a decisive victory
Posted by blert at September 3, 2014 8:08 PM ET:
Saddam wasn't keeping a lid on anyone.
He ran his own terrorist training camps -- famously to include an airliner positioned so that jihadis could practice hyjacking!
He had links to every manner of extremist. Most of these players fled right in front of the American campaign to liquidate Saddam.
He was so 'beloved' that his entire army dropped their weapons rather than defend him.
As for the rationale for the campaign: it's been discussed in depth, elsewhere. The ultimate bottom line was that he had to go or the entire UN security council edifice would collapse like the League of Nations, circa 1933.
Saddam was in GROSS violations of a slew of UNSC sanctions -- and was paying off Russia, Canada, France and others -- buying USSC votes, outright.
The Canadian corruption shocked everyone. No-one saw that angle. It only came out after Volker's complete audit. Saddam even bought Kofi's son, too.
It was Saddam, every step of the way, that compelled the campaign.
However, we still have revisionists - such as, perhaps, yourself -- still beating the blogs and airwaves with alternate histories.
Tom is, de facto, an Iranian enthusiast. The mullahs can do no wrong as far as 'Tom' goes. He's a pro, no doubt. You'll find 'Tom' posting right through the day, blog after blog.
Keep that in mind when reading his 'reasoned' positions.
Posted by Cerberus at September 5, 2014 12:25 AM ET:
Tom, Evan,
My own feeling on this, that the US Military 'loses' wars stems from the politicians, as Evan points out. The issue comes down to who is creating the strategy. In the first Iraq war with George Bush Sr., the decision to use the military and what the objective would be was made by the president and he then turned the military action over to the Military. The result of that war was clear and decisive. In the second Iraq war, George Bush Jr. made the decision to go to war with objective to destroy weapons of mass destruction. Bush then turned the mission over to the Secretary of Defense, a Political appointee. The Military's initial requests for men and materiel (which in retrospect might have changed the entire course of the war) was rejected out of hand. That was pretty frustrating since the Military were the people who know how to conduct such a mission.
My point then is that we do worst when our military forces are micromanaged by politician rather that the our Military experts.
Lastly, the only way we could defeated the Taliban would be to invade Pakistan, where the lived and trained. Just like Vietnam where the politician would not allow a full scale invasion of North Vietnam.
Although I am not in the Military, I believe the US Military to be the best in the world.


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Well, let's do the math. A 20 oz tank is a little more than a pound. At my local paintball joint they charge about $3 for a recharge of a CO2 tank. On the other hand, I've never heard of a paintball place bothering to look for hydro marks--- if there are any, I can't recall. -- so there are never costs of hydro tests. Today I had my 5# tank fileld for $6.75. Hydro test and a fill for my older tank (1993 steel) was $15.00 I dunno-- if I played paintball, maybe it would be worth it cause I'd be able to make my spare tanks dual use.
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That's a pretty clever device, I have about 15 different size p-ball cylinders that hang out in the garage all winter.(don't play paintball at 10 below-ouch) It's a good idea that I can use, and since the picture is so huge, I can go get parts and build one. Heh, Heh,.....
It would certainly beat lugging a #5 tank to parties or a boxful of 12 gram carts. By the same token, there is almost always someone with a CO2 tank at the parties I go to. It would also be nice for tight keggers.
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It is something to build, I wouldn't pay $200 for it like they are asking........
Therse can be built really cheap. The most expensive part(If you already have a regulator), is the adaptor for the tank. You need a special adapter to depress the pin on the tank. The cheapest I've found it is $15 here: http://ceisites.com/paintball/pbrefiller.html Scroll halfway down the page to the Fill Station Parts. With my 15lb tank, I can carb/dispense at my place, as well as fill my 20oz tank(requires 2 of these adapters and a braided hose between them) to take to parties. And fyi, paintball tanks DO have a stamp date for hydro testing, but it's cheaper to replace them when out of date than to have them tested.
Also note: that any steel cylinders less than 2" in dia. do not require hydro testing. I'll look up the proof later.
Nice I have like 5 of those 20oz paintball tanks. Theres a nice 9 oz tank thats pretty small and very light. If I wanted easy moving, Id go with that one.
I think it is cool, but way to pricey. You can get a dual gauge regulator at Micromatic for $36 and a single gauge for $32 (I'd go single gauge since I could weigh the bottle to determine how full it was plus it would be one less gauge to carry). Williams Brewing wants over $80 for just the regulator when you can buy a new regulator and the adapter and up and running for under $50. Here's an interesting site on using paintball cylinders for homebrew.Using Paintball Cylinders for Kegging The site also has info on filling them yourself. Now there's where you can save some serious bucks if you have your own 20# bottle.
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Has anyone had a chance to test drive the Symphony OS ?. I was intrigued by the very different environment (Mezzo) and how it handles files,folders,etc.
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Anyone using Symphony?
I am wondering if there is a Power PC distro of Symphony?
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Can you give some more detail on that please I've been running through distributions as much as my country has been running through football coaches. I want something small which is complete, the closest distro so far has been PCLinuxOS, but I'm more than willing to try anything lol.
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I used it for a while. It was pretty interesting, certainly looked cool. I think development has stopped on it now?
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Bringing back the beat
TDK goes old school with its new A73 Wireless Boombox
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It was always only a matter of time before the famous boombox of 1980s New York street corners made a comeback. But since many people carry much of their personal music library around in their pocket on a smartphone or MP3 player, is now the right time to stage a comeback?
TDK has been smart in realising that portable speakers such as Jawbone's Jambox (reviewed in Brunch, Oct 16, 2011) and others are in fact just modern day boomboxes, so it has embraced the technology and called its new device what it really is.
But, as gadgets get smaller, would anyone ever carry round such a huge thing? And have we grown out of our beatbox days? Let's take a look at the two-speaker A73 Wireless Boombox and see if TDK is on the mark.
Unlikely to go unnoticed, TDK has gone big with the Wireless Boombox. Weighing over 5kg, it might be a little too heavy to lug down the street on your shoulder, but the handle on top allows for easy carrying by the waist. The design is strikingly simple, with a clean black chassis and forward-facing speakers on the front and a subwoofer round the back. The front also houses two control dials, and a digital display rounds out the minimalist details for what is, after all, a straightforward gadget. It's a premium device, priced accordingly, and it looks and feels it.
Using the device couldn't be easier. It swiftly connects to a music source via Bluetooth, once it's selected from one of the front control dials.
The sound comes courtesy of two 5cm drivers and two 13cm passive radiators, with a built-in 13cm subwoofer to round out the bottom end. Sound quality overall is excellent, with a crispness right through the range. Some reviewers have spoken of a bass-heavy sound, but it is a beatbox after all. It handles the full range, from classical and jazz to drum and bass smoothly, although highly produced electronic music does drop off at either end of the range. The basic bass and treble levels can be adjusted via one of the front control dials.
It comes with a built-in FM radio, an auxiliary 3.5mm stereo input, and a remote control, although most music management will be manipulated from the audio source (ie your smartphone or other music player).
Power comes from an in-built rechargeable battery, offering around five hours of playback. TDK hasn't skimped on the battery and the weight is worth the extended life. Usefully, the USB port at the back can charge a device too.
TDK has pitched the Wireless Boombox perfectly. It's a fun device with good sound quality and it's easy on the eye.
At 13,900 baht, it is an indulgence, but will garner attention with its old school design. Not the most practical portable speaker on the market, it still wins fans and will start appearing in public. If it was 4,000 baht cheaper, it might appear in more Christmas stockings.
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Here Come the Teen Boy-Centric Gritty YA Adaptations
Features By Kate Erbland on April 22, 2014 | Be the First To CommentThere's little question that Hollywood's "adapt anything YA!" attitude has helped shepherd a new line of strong (or, at least, pretend strong, as is the case with Twilight's Bella Swan, a bell I will ring until the day I die) young female heroines into the pop cultural consciousness. The Hunger Games has the sharp-shooting Katniss Everdeen (who will soon incite a revolution in the next two films based on Suzanne Collins' bestselling three-book series), while Divergent has the fear-blasting Tris Prior (who will, hey, look at that!, also soon incite a revolution in the nest three films based on Veronica Roths's bestselling three-book series). Even less popular film franchises, like Vampire Academy, The Mortal Instruments, and The Host are female-led endeavors that may include some cool (read: hot) male counterparts to help their kickass ladies where needed, though they are quite firmly dedicated to portraying ladies in charge. Yet, now it appears that boys are inching their way back into the YA game – not by way of wizardry or godly genetics, but by traveling the same path that the girls have already trailblazed: the gritty one.
12 Movies To Watch After You've Seen the 'RoboCop' Remake
Features By Christopher Campbell on February 15, 2014 | Comments (14)You don't have to see the RoboCop remake. Normally I'd say that if you don't see the big new release that you can't read the new Movies to Watch column, because you'll get spoiled. But I don't think there's much in the way of spoilers here, even if you haven't seen the 1987 original. There's a cop, he becomes part robot and then he's a RoboCop. Without knowing much more than that, you can gather that some obvious precursors include Frankenstein, Blade Runner and anything where Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a police officer of any kind. Yet none of those are in this week's batch of a dozen recommendations inspired by the new RoboCop. Some of my picks are more obvious with relation to the remake than the Paul Verhoeven version. Speaking of which, that too is another obvious selection I feel is a given if you see the new one and haven't before seen the old. Go ahead and see the divisive RoboCop 2, also, and while you're at it go on to RoboCop 3 in order to see something much, much worse than the reboot. Because it was difficult to be reminded of much else besides those predecessors, more than a few of the titles below are merely better earlier works by the talent involved. In spite of what I said above, here's your reminder that the following list may spoil parts of this week's movie, so if you haven't seen the RoboCop remake and plan to, you might not want to read ahead […]
The Best Blu-ray/DVD Releases of the Week: 'All is Lost,' 'Masquerade,' 'The Americans,' and 'On the Job'
Features By Rob Hunter on February 11, 2014 | Be the First To CommentWelcome back to This Week In Discs! If you see something you like, click on the title to buy it from Amazon. All Is Lost Robert Redford stars as a man sailing solo who encounters trouble out at sea. He awakens to the impact of his sailboat colliding with a derelict shipping container and quickly sets about trying to fix the damage before catastrophe occurs. His experience grows increasingly precarious, and soon he's fighting against nature and circumstance for his very life. Writer/director J.C. Chandor's follow-up to the excellent Wall Street drama Margin Call is even more engaging, but it accomplishes the feat through an opposite degree of dialogue. While that film was filled with fast-talk and lots of it, Redford's character is the only one onscreen here leaving him no one to talk to but himself. (Sure, that didn't stop Sandra Bullock from being a lonely chatterbox in Gravity, but this is a smarter movie.) The drama and suspense build naturally here as we work alongside the sailor in his efforts, and the script treats viewers as intelligent enough to follow along without needing every detail spelled out. This is a beautiful film about strength, resiliency, and the will to survive. [Blu-ray/DVD extras: Commentary, featurettes]
Year in Review: Keeping Up with Katniss
Best of 2013 By Samantha Wilson on December 29, 2013 | Be the First To CommentIf you hadn't heard, 2013 is the year that a small indie production called The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, starring little-known commercial actress Jennifer Lawrence (am I saying that right?) stormed into theaters. In truth, the massive-scale production, bolstered by a months-long marketing campaign (step into a Subway sometime for a District 12 themed sandwich, because nothing screams "we're actually starving" like footlongs), has earned over $600M worldwide to date, and is expected to reach $800M by the end of its theatrical run. This is also the year that everyone and their producer attempted to find the next Hunger Games franchise and fell completely, utterly flat. Line 'em up: The Host, Beautiful Creatures, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters and Ender's Game all tried their hand at making the jump from page to screen, but nothing achieved anything near what Catching Fire created, both in terms of financial success and creative content.
Year In Review: The 13 Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Films of 2013
Best of 2013 By Christopher Campbell on December 28, 2013 | Comments (15)This year promised a number of great original science fiction movies from Hollywood, and then it turned out most of them weren't even good let alone great — the sort that left us with way too many unanswered questions regarding their plot holes. Meanwhile, in the fantasy genre, we continued to see the studios churning out one YA adaptation after another in the hopes of it being the next Hunger Games (or still the next Harry Potter or Twilight or even Star Wars in the case of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones) and ironically having no clue how to find the *magic* in the appeal of these kinds of stories. And of course there's the ever-growing subgenre of superhero movies, which really only disappointed this year because they arrived in the wake of 2012's The Avengers, not simply because most of the output was sequels (Iron Man 3; Thor: The Dark World; The Wolverine) that were merely okay rather than totally awesome. As I've noted in the past, I don't consider Gravity to be sci-fi (even after learning that some tech in the film doesn't exist yet), but I'll let it be known that if I were to qualify the outer space thriller, I'd put it in the number 6 slot on account of its gripping visual storytelling and little else. As for another popular choice (one that made a few FSR staffer's best of lists, as well as our democratically voted top 10), Pacific Rim might have made this […]
10 Movies to Watch After You've Seen the Movies of 2013
Features By Christopher Campbell on December 8, 2013 | Comments (3)This week's list of movies to watch is not inspired by a single new release, because there isn't anything big enough out this weekend to warrant such a focus. Instead, I've got a year-end feature for you inspired by the entirety of 2013 in film. I can't sum up every title released this year with only ten recommendations, but the movies I've selected are, I believe, the best representatives of the more notable titles and trends seen in the past dozen months. Most of the selections are familiar. Chances are you've seen more than a few. But obviously this edition has to involve more popular fare because they have to be influential movies to have informed so much of this year's crop, even if unintentionally. Just take it as a call to watch them again, along with whatever you haven't seen before, as a special sort of year in review of the most important movies of 2013 released before 2013.
Your Guide to The 10 Must See Movies of November 2013
Features By Jack Giroux on November 4, 2013 | Comments (1)This November is a diverse month. Come Thanksgiving, there are all kinds of pictures to experience with your family: a boy preparing for war; a time travel romantic comedy; James Franco antagonizing Jason Statham; and Josh Brolin bashing a few skulls in with a hammer. If only every month had that level of variety, because this November has it in spades. One glaring omission from this list is Thor: The Dark World. I predict James Franco's performance in Homefront alone will make that Sylvester Stallone-written actioner more of a must-see than Marvel's biggest clunker to date. Despite Thor: The Dark World, there are still plenty other options to go with. Here they are:
12 Movies to Watch After You've Seen 'Ender's Game'
Features By Christopher Campbell on November 2, 2013 | Be the First To CommentBy the time I read Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game, I had already read a few Harry Potter books and I couldn't help but think of the earlier sci-fi work initially as "Harry Potter in space." It's a comparison that continues for many now that the movie is out. "Harry Potter meets Star Wars," claims a blurb used in UK ads credited to Sky Movies host Craig Stevens. And if you search Twitter for "Ender's Game and Harry Potter" the results of both titles mentioned together is aplenty. All this is natural for the lazy way we relate movies to each other. The sad thing is some kids might think of the new movie as a derivative piece of YA fiction modeled after J.K. Rowling's boy wizard. I don't know if Potter was at all influenced by Ender's Game. It's not like Card's book was the first messianic tale. The website TV Tropes even labels the relevant trope as "A Child Shall Lead Them," a Biblical quote that also appears at the top of the New York Times review of the movie, in which critic Manohla Dargis breaks out the ol' "Christ figure" descriptor for the main character. Still, I wish that I'd both read and seen the Harry Potters after reading/seeing Ender's Game. If you've somehow avoided all the Hogwarts adventures before going to Battle School with the new Ender's adaptation, consider yourself lucky. Watch the entire series now to see what I'm talking about. And right there I've got […]
Interview: Gavin Hood Captures The Feelings of 'Ender's Game'
Features By Jack Giroux on November 1, 2013 | Be the First To CommentDirector Gavin Hood received mass acclaim for his 2005 film, Tsotsi, before moving on to direct Rendition and eventually land the gig for 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine. That comic book adaptation didn't sit too well with critics or fans, but its shortcomings don't all fall on the feet of Hood. That production was reportedly plagued with creative differences and had a script constantly in flux, which is likely why Hood says, while discussing his new film, Ender's Game, how beneficial it is to have a completed script before shooting. His adaptation of Orson Scott Card's sci-fi classic centers around a young boy, Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), who literally has the world's fate placed on his shoulders, and it's a remarkably faithful adaptation when it comes to the book's emotion and the finale its fans are familiar with. Hood sat down with us at the film's press day to discuss the challenges of remaining faithful to Card's book. Here's what he had to say:
Review: 'Ender's Game' Lacks Important Playing Pieces But Still Delivers Some Fun
Movie Reviews By Rob Hunter on November 1, 2013 | Comments (2)It's been fifty years since aliens attacked Earth, killing thousands before a lucky strike brought the invading mothership crashing to the ground. The time since has been spent building up a military capable of fighting back in case the intruders ever choose to return. It's not soldiers they're after, though. The military brass are searching for a leader, a strategist capable of beating the alien swarms faster and harder than the space bugs can beat mankind. Colonel Graff (Harrison Ford) thinks he's found that great mind in Ender Wiggen (Asa Butterfield), a young boy whose two elder siblings have both failed out of the academy — a brother for being too aggressive and a sister for being too empathetic. Graff suspects Ender might be the "just right" in the Goldilocks analogy he probably makes offscreen. Young Ender is whisked up to an orbiting battle school to commence with the training that just might save humanity, but his biggest battle will be within himself. Dun dun dun! Ender's Game, based on the bestselling novel by Orson Scott Card, is a sci-fi action film that manages to best most YA adaptations at their own game. Card's book was published before the YA designation came into fashion, but it has all the hallmarks including a teenage protagonist with social issues who just so happens to be the super special chosen one destined to save the world. A strong lead performance and some exciting action sequences follow, but they're brought down by narrative lapses, […]
The Morning Read: Influential Horror, Woody Allen's Open Letter and More
Features By Scott Beggs on November 1, 2013 | Be the First To CommentThe best movie culture writing from around the internet-o-sphere. Just leave a tab open for us, will ya?
Trailers For Every Release This Week: Prestige and Desperation Edition
Features By Scott Beggs on October 30, 2013 | Be the First To CommentThe first weekend of November is hallmarked by a continuing wave of prestigious Oscar contenders and pockmarked by the chaff that studios are still dumping into a handful of contractually obligated theaters. How else do you explain Last Vegas and Dallas Buyers Club landing on the same week? Beyond those we've got a boy vying to be the last starfighter, a pair of biopics that look difficult to swallow and a ton of limited releases that show promise. Get up off your knees, reach for the stars, and check out the trailer-ized list of movies coming out this weekend.
How To Build Your Own 'Ender's Game' At Home
Features By Scott Beggs on October 22, 2013 | Be the First To CommentIf you can cram in 3,000 man hours into the next week, you can have your very own home version in time for Ender's Game to see theaters on November 1st. To be fair, this featurette is more entertaining than informative, but it has a few layering shots that spotlight the intense process that went into building the world that Ender and friends do battle in. Digital Domain took the lead here, but the movie also features effects work from companies like Behold 3D (Riddick), Quantum Creation FX (Tron: Legacy) for specialty costuming and XYZ-RGB (Elysium) for 3D scanning. No word yet on whether they were able to digitally insert a smile onto Harrison Ford's face.
Special Report: Defying Gravity On The Set of 'Ender's Game'
Features By Brian Salisbury on August 28, 2013 | Be the First To CommentUnadaptable. It's a scary word for filmmakers with a passion project, and an even scarier word for major studios with their eyes locked on the bottom line. With the trend in Hollywood ever leaning toward the edict of brand recognition, a great many books (mostly the ones filled with panels, capes, and conversation bubbles) are being translated for the big screen. And why not? If the audience is built-in, and the production demands aren't too unreasonable, it would seem like a slam dunk. Yet there are written works that, for one reason or another, studios feel aren't viable. These become earmarked as unadaptable, typically from a purely financial standpoint; shackled by the cost of logistics. Then there are occasions in which the content or themes of a written piece are deemed too edgy or risky for a studio to want to touch. Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game," has the rare and unfortunate distinction of facing both hurdles. It's the story of a young boy ripped from his home and trained by the military to kill an alien species in spectacular zero gravity simulators. These hurdles proved to be insurmountable for many major studios, which explains the project's long gestation. But as we all know, limitations have a habit of becoming the footnotes of monumental achievement. The obvious science-fiction-to-actual-science parallel comes to mind. At one time it seemed impossible that people could communicate via a wire with folks across the country, then across the planet. For generations, the idea of actually […]
Second 'Ender's Game' Trailer is Here: Shoot Straight, Stay Calm
Movie News By Samantha Wilson on August 6, 2013 | Comments (2)Listen, kids, you thought middle school was rough. You didn't have Harrison Ford plucking you out of obscurity to yell at you every day about saving the human race from alien destruction. Luckily, the rest of us just get to watch it happen in the adaptation of Orson Scott Card's beloved Ender's Game this fall. In the second trailer for the epic space tale, directed by Gavin Hood, just a teensy tiny bit more of the plot is revealed than from the first glimpse. Here's what we know: decades after a brutal alien war, Ford, Ben Kingsley and Viola Davis are training child super-soldiers like Abigail Breslin and Hailee Steinfeld to do battle once more. But their last hope comes in the form of an exceptionally gifted boy named Ender (Asa Butterfield), who will lead them to victory with his prowess.
San Diego Comic-Con is a massive journey of discovery. Over the course of four days and five nights, people from all over the world converge on one spot to overload the tram system, punish the sewage system, hemorrhage hard earned cash for colorful plastic and printed pages, and take pictures of each other. In the midst of all that, we also find time to attend panels, catch up with creators, meet new people, reconnect with old friends, find the hottest upcoming trends, and get the early scoop on breaking news. This year the Film School Rejects were represented by two intrepid slack-jawed comic fans: interview specialist Jack Giroux and anger guru Robert Fure. We walked miles, spent hours in lines, followed CosPlay girls around the floor, and harassed the talent into giving us top secret information. After four days, two blackouts, a fist fight, and a cuddle session, here are our 12 favorite discoveries at San Diego Comic Con 2013.
Gavin Hood Conquers the Unadaptable with 'Ender's Game'
Comic-Con By Jack Giroux on July 19, 2013 | Be the First To CommentImagine a chubby, pasty high school kid who, to my great embarrassment, wore a military-style Red Hot Chili Peppers jacket. Tacky, I know, but also picture him obsessively reading Ender Game's — Orson Scott Card's incredible piece of science-fiction — during his sophomore year. That kid dreamed of making a movie of it one day, preferably with George Clooney as Colonel Graff. Sadly, that boy's dream is dead, thanks to director Gavin Hood. But Hood can't be blamed for crushing a wonderful child's will to dream. One thing is for sure, Ender's Game is a big ambitious swing of a project for Hood. Card's novel is not a sure thing of a blockbuster, and considering its source material, it's a story that isn't exactly suited for all kids. Hood's past film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, felt watered down all around, but with this latest project Hood seems to have captured the spirit of a sprawling space adventure.
Broken Projector: San Diego Comic-Conquest 2013
Broken Projector By Scott Beggs on July 19, 2013 | Be the First To CommentDid you hear that this weekend is Comic-Con? It's true! It's weird that no one told you. Fortunately, this week's show features a visit to San Diego where our sentinels Robert Fure and Jack Giroux will tell us all the crazy stuff that's happening on the ground there in geek paradise (which happens to be a hotel room that's missing a bathroom door). Plus, Geoff and I disagree wildly in our reviews of the new season of The Newsroom, and we prepare for the possibility of Spike Lee's retirement by discussing his legacy and forcing him to autograph old football paraphernalia. You can follow Robert Fure (@robertfure), interviewer Jack Giroux (@jackgi), the show (@brokenprojector), Geoff (@drgmlatulippe) and Scott (@scottmbeggs) for more fun stuff on a daily basis. And, as always, we welcome your feedback. Download Episode #25 Directly Or subscribe Through iTunes
What Boycotting 'Ender's Game' Won't Do
Culture Warrior By Landon Palmer on July 16, 2013 | Comments (30)"Probably the most egregiously overlooked area of gay visibility is, if you can swing with me on this, science fiction…Since all these shows are set in the future, the grim possibility exists that, at least in their creators' minds, there are no gay people in the future. It's a curious notion for science-fiction to embrace…" Discussing queer visibility on network television, Bruce Vilanch wrote these words for The Advocate in 1997, but he might as well have been talking about films in 2013. Last year, I made a point that "the genres that dominate Hollywood right now are also the most heteronormative (action sequels, superhero franchises, and children's films)"; outside of the occasional allegory, one could add science-fiction to this mix as well. Of all the conversations surrounding the controversy over Orson Scott Card's affiliation with the homophobic National Organization for Marriage in advance of Lionsgate's expensive adaptation of Ender's Game, one repeated assertion has been bugging me quite a bit – the notion that the film itself will have nothing to do, and does not in any way exercise, Card's problematic politics. Such a view sees the routine absence of homosexuality in popular movies – specifically, genre movies – as somehow apolitical.
Orson Scott Card Issues Unsatisfying Response to 'Ender's Game' Boycott
Movie News By Adam Bellotto on July 9, 2013 | Comments (25)Just last week, the trailer for The Boxtrolls spoke of gay marriage with kindness, simplicity, and acceptance. Now author Orson Scott Card has done the opposite. The online group Geeks Out recently called for a boycott of the upcoming Card adaptation Ender's Game, urging viewers to stay away from the film. The group believes that anyone who thinks anti-homosexuality laws should be strictly enforced (as Card does) should not be allowed the opportunity to make tons of money from a blockbuster film starring Harrison Ford and Asa Butterfield. In a statement to Entertainment Weekly, Card responds to the boycott and to anyone else questioning whether his views are a part of Ender's Game: "Ender's Game is set more than a century in the future and has nothing to do with political issues that did not exist when the book was written in 1984. With the recent Supreme Court ruling, the gay marriage issue becomes moot. The Full Faith and Credit clause of the Constitution will, sooner or later, give legal force in every state to any marriage contract recognized by any other state. Now it will be interesting to see whether the victorious proponents of gay marriage will show tolerance toward those who disagreed with them when the issue was still in dispute."
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Well I need all you prayer warriors to pray for me again... looks like I'm losing our home. We just can't get a break and recover from 14 month of unemployment prior to me finally finding a job.
My request would be for enough time to pack up 27 years worth of stuff, get rid of a lot of stuff and save up the money for a place to rent that will accept my two dogs.
God is good so I know this will work out.
Thank you!